WHAT’SINSIDE

006 ARCHIVE

This issue we look back at Tony Rutter, George Fogarty and Phil McCallen – yes, it’s Isle of Man TT flash-back time.

012 NEVER A CROSS WORD

Our regular crossword is another mix of classic racing clues, and all with the carrot on a stick of the chance to win a Weise Stealth Hoodie worth £139.99. Go for it!

014 READERS WRITE

We welcome all feedback, good, bad or indifferent here at Classic Racer towers. It’s YOUR magazine so let us know what you think about CR’s content, and tell us what YOU want to see in YOUR magazine.

016 PADDOCK GOSSIP

What’s happening in the wild world of classic racing, with shows, products and events up-andcoming.

022 SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE

The best place to buy your favourite racing magazine is to do it this way – SUBSCRIBE! Not only do you get it delivered to your door BEFORE it hits the shelves, it’s cheaper too and you won’t need to venture out of your shed/garage…

Fred Pidcock looks back at the life and racing career of father and son Kiwis, Len and Geoff Perry.

028 SUZUKI KATANA P5 RACER

Alan Cathcart rides a very trick Katana, built for success in Australia’s P5 classic series.

040 DAVE STREET

A journeyman racer, BEMSEE champ turned ad man, bike dealer, fireman, actor and jive dancer.

046

Mick Ofield’s lovely artwork shows us the inner workings of this often dustbin-faired racer.

048 BREAKFAST WITH BOZ

Part two: Nigel Bosworth on THAT 1992 250cc championship, doing mega-bucks deals for Foggy and more!

054

Phil Aynsley’s lens looks at the bike that was doomed from the start, but one which would (eventually) win in the late 1980s at Daytona.

062 STEVE HISLOP

In part one of our look at the legendary Scottish racer, his biographer Stuart Barker examines Hizzy’s prowess as a pure roads-racer at the Isle of Man TT.

COVER IMAGE: Main cover images by Don Morley, Clive Challinor, Alan Cathcart, John Mockett and Mortons Archive. Thanks again this month to: Don Morley for the many images in various features. And the following: Alan Cathcart, Clive Challinor, Phil Aynsley, Mick

Dave Street, Nigel Bosworth, Bill Snelling/TT

Pics, Stuart Barker, Dave Purves, Jim Barker, Ben Rumbold and not forgetting our brilliant archivist Jane Skayman!

EDITOR Bertie Simmonds bsimmonds@mortons.co.uk

PUBLISHER Tim Hartley thartley@mortons.co.uk

CONTRIBUTORS THIS ISSUE

Don Morley, Stuart Barker, Clive Challinor, Mick Ofield, Ben Rumbold, Alan Cathcart, Fred Pidcock, Phil Aynsley, Bill Snelling, Steve Parrish, Brian Crichton.

PRODUCTION EDITOR Sarah Wilkinson

ART EDITOR Kelvin Clements

DESIGNER Michael Baumber

GROUP ADVERTISING MANAGER Sue Keily

ADVERTISING Leon Currie 01507 529465 lcurrie@mortons.co.uk

SALES AND DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Carl Smith

MARKETING MANAGER Charlotte Park

PUBLISHING DIRECTOR Dan Savage

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Nigel Hole

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070 HONDA BRITAIN

In the third and final part of this series, Stuart Barker talks to Barry Symmons who was a major part of the team during the 1980s.

076 FOGGY PETRONAS FP1

The bike that came too late… The three-cylinder world superbike that was out-gunned when the rules went to 1000cc in the early Noughties.

082 FRED CLARKE

The man behind the microphone and the voice of British motorcycle racing: part one of our Fred Clarke story.

088 GUEST COLUMN

Steve Parrish recalls how fate intervened and got him in front of millions of viewers on World of Sport in the mid-1970s.

090 BACK IN THE DAY

YOUR pictures and memories from bike racing days gone by!

092 NEXT ISSUE

Plenty in the next issue of Classic Racer, including part two of Steve Hislop’s story – the short circuit years and more from Fred Clarke. We also examine Kenny Roberts’1982 Yamaha 500, hear from Steve Parrish on his sponsorship from George Harrison, and the highs and lows of Gary ‘Slingham’Lingham’s career.

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